Stardew Valley is likely one of the most seminal video games to ever launch, and earlier this 12 months it acquired one of many largest updates within the recreation’s 8+ 12 months historical past.
A minimum of gamers on PC did – gamers on console needed to wait, till at present. As a result of on November 4, 2024 as beforehand introduced, Stardew’s huge 1.6 replace arrived on PS5, PS4 and different console platforms.
The replace features a fully new farm format within the Meadowlands Farm, 4 new festivals, new NPC interactions, new gadgets, pets, new crops and assets, and extra.
PS5 and PS4 gamers leaping into the brand new replace will see it as replace 1.6.9, and you may try the total patch notes for the replace beneath.
Stardew Valley Replace 1.6.9 Patch Notes
New content material & options
When you misplaced an merchandise that may’t be discovered once more, a brand new pal seems within the secret woods who can get it again (for a value).Now you can put legendary fish in fish ponds. These are restricted to at least one per pond and produce legendary fish roe. Every fish has a novel water colour.Now you can place beds and sleep inside any constructed buildings that enable furnishings.Objects dropped in water now float for a short while, so you may gather them when you’re fast or have a magnet ring.Sam and Shane now have work portraits whereas working at JojaMart.Barely tweaked some dialogues.Added new Easter eggs.Added hidden cheat instructions. (Solely on platforms the place a save edit is feasible)
Stability modifications
Blue grass now not grows slower than regular grass.Fruit tree progress is now not blocked by grass and seed spots.Pine bushes now drop one additional wooden when chopped down.The initiation quest now counts wild slimes killed on the farm.Thorns ring harm now stacks when you equip two of them, and monsters killed by a thorns ring now drop loot like common kills.With the Gatherer ability, the prospect to double harvested forage now applies when utilizing an iridium scythe too.Son of Crimsonfish can now be caught throughout the night time market.Robin now not constructs buildings throughout inexperienced rain in 12 months 1.Putting a bomb after which switching to a weapon now not applies its enchantments to the bomb harm.Added some gadgets to outlets:Adventurer’s Guild: Rusty Sword, Femur, Elf Blade, Metal Smallsword, Crystal Dagger, Obsidian Edge, and Work Boots. These unlock after you attain a sure mine degree, no matter whether or not you discovered them in a mine chest.Marnie’s store: Cow Decal.Hat mouse: Sports activities Cap.Willy’s store: Superior Iridium Rod.Passing trains at the moment are extra more likely to occur a number of occasions in the identical session, however can now not seem on consecutive days.Willy’s store now opens on spring 2 within the first 12 months even when you didn’t learn his letter.Mounted Queen of Sauce reruns being affected by the recipes wanted by unclaimed farmhands in empty cabins.Mounted having the ability to obtain monster harm whereas leaping down a mine shaft earlier than the display screen fades to black.Mounted spa not absolutely recovering power when a max-energy buff is energetic.Mounted sleeping late whereas exhausted not lowering stamina as meant.Mounted {the catalogue} and Furnishings Catalogue promoting gadgets from themed catalogues like Retro Catalogue.Mounted exploit the place a fish pond with a golden cracker might produce limitless output. Fish pond output bonuses at the moment are utilized as soon as when the output is created.Mounted exploit the place you may cancel cow milking and nonetheless get the friendship increase.Mounted unintended additional probability of spontaneous inexperienced rain bushes when loading a save in fall.Mounted ability buffs affecting store merchandise necessities in 1.6.Mounted sturdy ring now not halving debuff occasions in 1.6.Mounted decrease probability of catching lava eels in caldera after 1.6.Mounted forage crops harvested from backyard pots at all times being low-quality and offering no XP.Mounted iridium scythe with forage crops not giving XP or making use of the forage degree high quality increase.Mounted some weapons by no means dropping from crates when legacy randomization is enabled.
High quality of life modifications
The sport now recovers most saves mechanically in the event that they’re damaged, corrupted, or lacking the SaveGameInfo file.The sport now resends most achievements, recipes, and vital mail when you someway missed them. For PlayStation/Xbox gamers, missed trophies are readded when carry out a particular motion as an alternative.Fish ponds now present the variety of roe or different output gadgets to gather.The marriage occasion now replays when you exit & reload the day.The tailoring UI is now a bit extra intuitive: slots that may’t settle for the held merchandise at the moment are disabled, and you may now not decide up some gadgets that may’t be tailor-made.Coloured gadgets like flowers now additionally type by colour. That avoids gadgets being reordered randomly every time you type your stock.Now you can solely promote books to the bookseller through the guide buy menu, not the trade-in menu. This reduces the prospect of by chance promoting a guide when making an attempt to commerce it in.The collections tab now reveals artifacts, gems, and minerals as soon as they’re donated to the museum (not as quickly as you discover it).Clint now refills your watering can when upgrading it.Tweaked save course of to scale back the prospect of corruption.Anvils now not settle for parrot eggs when you can’t re-roll their degree but.Improved chatbox instructions:Chat instructions at the moment are case-insensitive.Modified /assist format to make room for extra instructions.Added /assist descriptions for /emote, /mapScreenshot, and /unbanAll.Added constant messages when you may’t use a multiplayer-only or host-only command.Efficiency optimizations.
Technical modifications
Migrated from FAudio to OpenAL, which ought to enhance efficiency when taking part in audio.Up to date SDL from 2.0.x to 2.30.4 (used for enter and windowing).Mounted compatibility with newer Home windows techniques when utilizing some older GPUs.
Gameplay fixes
You possibly can now not swap a chest’s kind if the brand new kind is simply too small to retailer its present gadgets.Mounted NPC points:NPCs now not keep away from satisfactory terrain options like flooring and grass when pathfinding.Mounted kicking Krobus out of the home triggering divorce dialogues.Mounted Leo following his island schedule after transferring to the mainland.Mounted a Lewis schedule the place he would overlap Marnie.Mounted a Penny resort dialogue when married that was by no means proven.Mounted Pierre typically displaying a closed-on-Wednesday dialogue after his store hours are prolonged.Mounted mother or dad sending duplicate mail when you change gender later.Mounted some dialogue based mostly on location + coronary heart degree solely being proven if in case you have 10 or extra hearts with the NPC.Mounted particular NPC reward response dialogue typically not matching their reward style (e.g. Willy giving a optimistic dialogue for triple shot espresso).Mounted unable to speak to Robin after accepting a home improve.Mounted incorrectly break up dialogue in Linus’ first coronary heart occasion.Mounted NPCs unable to pathfind by means of tiles that had a tent at the beginning of the day.Mounted NPCs not loading their inexperienced rain dialogue when you began the day on the island.Mounted NPCs saying “…” in 1.6 in the event that they purchased an merchandise you bought to a store however they don’t have a related dialogue for it.Mounted your partner typically saying “…” as an alternative of the meant impartial dialogue.Mounted your fiancée/partner reacting to a mermaid’s pendant as when you’re engaged/married to another person.Mounted UI points:Mounted world map not at all times displaying gamers on the proper spot once they’re inside a constructed constructing.Mounted hyperlinks in credit now not opening a browser web page.Mounted in a position to work together with HUD components just like the toolbar once they’re hidden (e.g. when the sport is paused).Mounted points when resizing the sport window:superior recreation choices format being tousled;collections web page shedding its chosen tab and web page;social web page shedding its scroll place.Mounted themed catalogues not having class tabs.Mounted forge UI destroying any merchandise held by the cursor after unforging.Mounted museum menu clicks on the OK button typically grabbing the artifact behind it as an alternative.Mounted tailoring menu letting you trash some non-trashable gadgets.Mounted set up button in stock UIs letting you place any merchandise in particular chests like enrichers.Mounted challenge the place phoning Robin to get constructing costs after which resizing the window would allow the construct/demolish/and so forth choices as when you’d visited the store immediately.Mounted particular gadgets and machines:Mounted chest colour getting reset while you swap chest kind.Mounted crab pots not producing double catches accurately with wild bait.Mounted crab pots duplicating bait when loaded by a hopper.Mounted crab pots not making use of deluxe bait and wild bait bonuses in some circumstances.Mounted fences destroyed on click on when surrounded by impassable objects on three sides (above + left + proper) as an alternative of 4 as meant.Mounted geode crushers incrementing the ‘geodes crushed’ stat when hovering, which allowed unintended RNG manipulation.Mounted magic quiver trinket typically doing nothing if each a legitimate and invalid goal are in vary.Mounted mannequins shedding their garments in the event that they’re moved into storage to create space (e.g. for an occasion). They now re-equip their earlier garments once they’re put again down.Mounted tents not blocking merchandise placement.Mounted watering cans with bottomless enchantment typically proven with a half-empty meter. Bottomless watering cans at the moment are at all times full.Mounted constructing upgrades not putting inside gadgets (just like the coop incubator) if…furnishings is in the way in which. The furnishings is now moved identical to different objects.an merchandise blocking placement can’t be moved. It’s now moved into the misplaced & present in that case.Mounted circumstances the place the Pirate’s Spouse quest chain might lock you out:When you have the hunt however misplaced the required merchandise, you now get a brand new Conflict Memento in a single day.If the hunt was cancelled, now you can speak to Birdie to restart it.NPCs can now not mistakenly settle for the hunt gadgets as presents or refuse to just accept their quest merchandise.Mounted location/map points:Mounted display screen viewport at incorrect place proper after warping on horseback in some circumstances.Mounted wilderness farm not pre-building the primary cabin in separate-cabins mode.Mounted grass in Marnie’s cow subject by no means regrowing.Mounted Willy’s bait barrel lacking throughout night time market.Mounted some lacking map tiles which allow you to stroll off-screen.Mounted in a position to depart Stardew Valley Truthful’s competition space in odd years.Mounted weed/stone particles spawning on high of positioned paths in some circumstances.Mounted in a position to dig up buried treasure from non-diggable tiles in some circumstances.Mounted forest fish now not catchable on the 4 corners farm.Mounted bug the place utilizing the usual farm’s wallpaper/flooring in farmhouses of one other farm kind would reset them to that farm’s themed defaults.Mounted pre-1.6 saves typically shedding the Dwarvish Translation Information. The repair is retroactive for affected gamers.Mounted pre-1.6 farmhand stats not migrated accurately. The repair is retroactive for affected farmhands.Mounted pre-1.6 tubs o’ flowers by no means blooming once more if their first day in 1.6 was in fall or winter.Mounted raccoon bundle accepting something for protect gadgets.Mounted degree requirement for farmer titles lowered by one in 1.6.Mounted fish ponds accepting a number of golden crackers earlier than the primary one lands within the water. They now register the primary golden cracker instantly (however nonetheless delay the visible change till it lands).Mounted two Desert Competition makeover outfits that utilized male shirts to feminine gamers.Mounted unusual conduct of store gadgets with each a inventory restrict and stack measurement (e.g. gadgets in a number of desert competition outlets).Mounted edge circumstances the place viewing a earlier 12 months’s secret santa letter within the collections tab would present the present 12 months’s secret santa within the recreation menu throughout the Feast of the Winter Star week.Mounted the throw-item-into-shipping-bin animation drawing the bottom uncolored sprite for coloured gadgets like roe.Mounted error loading cellular saves on different platforms.Mounted crash when loading a save file in some uncommon circumstances.Mounted crash when utilizing a tent on Ginger Island throughout an evening occasion.Mounted some cat presents making use of fishing bonuses from the primary participant’s outfitted fishing rod.Mounted movie show scene failing in some circumstances when gamers have beforehand unequipped trinkets.Mounted Junimo harvesters shedding the merchandise colour when dropping a crop on the bottom because of their hut being full.Mounted uncommon edge case the place a Junimo hut output chest has too many merchandise slots.
Multiplayer fixes
Added an /unlinkPlayer [name] chat command, which lets the host participant launch a farmhand so it may be reclaimed by the following one that connects.Mounted having the ability to steal one other participant’s roommate.Mounted farmhands in a position to declare a number of Desert Competition fishing quests per day.Mounted crash when reconnecting later within the day after leaving a competition.Mounted host crash if a farmhand disconnects whereas they’re between places.Mounted NPC duplication in multiplayer fish derbies.Mounted crab pots & cattle owned by an offline farmhand checking the primary participant’s professions as an alternative.Mounted crab pots with no proprietor checking professions from the primary participant as an alternative of the participant including bait.Mounted farmhands typically not seing the message once they can’t enter an NPC’s bed room.Mounted Marlon’s desert competition quests not displaying the Calico Egg reward to farmhands.Mounted some multiplayer logic not dealing with an offline/invalid participant accurately.Mounted some potential ‘null reference exception’ crashes in multiplayer code.Mounted crab pots with no proprietor checking the Mariner occupation as an alternative of Luremaster for the bait requirement in some circumstances.Mounted Willy not sending fishing rod mail to farmhands who be part of after spring 2.Mounted ‘ready for gamers’ test together with disconnecting gamers.Mounted trains not taking part in chugga chugga sounds for farmhands.
Show textual content and localization fixes
Within the credit, changed the Reddit/Twitter hyperlinks with a “Information & Neighborhood” hyperlink.Mounted an enormous variety of translation points for non-English gamers, and added automated exams to maintain translations extra in sync going ahead. For instance, this fixes…dialogue/occasion modifications in 1.6 which weren’t utilized in some languages;lacking dialogues and occasion actions;lacking, outdated, or incorrect translations;lacking occasion preconditions (e.g. Leah’s 10-heart occasion might play on a wet day in some languages);occasions taking part in the incorrect music, not being skippable, or putting gamers or NPCs on the incorrect spot;translations having totally different dialogue portraits/breaks/and so forth;dialog subjects not began when one thing occurs;textual content being proven with one phrase per dialogue field;improved grammar (e.g. gender conjugation);numerous errors and typos;and plenty of different points.Many enhancements and fixes to translations and sprites, together with some re-translated merchandise names.Renamed “cranberries jelly/juice/wine” to “cranberry jelly/juice/wine”.Mounted some dangerous phrases being produced by the random title generator.Mounted NPC textual content indicators and a few chat/UI messages in multiplayer not at all times proven in your language.Mounted flavored gadgets in some chat/UI messages not proven accurately (like “Participant put ‘Smoked’ into the potluck soup“).Mounted numerous typos in English textual content.Mounted particular order goals not re-translated when the language modifications. (This repair solely applies to new particular orders going ahead.)Mounted Robin displaying the incorrect variety of hardwood required for a home improve in some languages.Mounted some languages displaying Willy’s again room invite mail as “???” within the collections tab.Mounted some languages having inconsistent hat hair conduct.Mounted some languages producing gadgets with a unique inner title.Mounted French gamers not seeing prismatic impact for Magic Cowboy Hat and Magic Turban.Mounted French and Japanese displaying a ‘wants 5 coal’ message for the dehydrator.Mounted Russian membership coin and slots offset points.Mounted Russian Joja movie show tilesheet not displaying up.Mounted Russian instrument tooltips having overlapped names.Mounted Spanish jukebox displaying clean title for ‘Ginger Island’ tune.Mounted buy-ticket messages displaying an unformatted value (like 1000g as an alternative of 1,000g).
Beauty fixes
Added lights to Marcello’s guide stand.Sam now modifications uniform when he enters JojaMart, as an alternative of solely when he reaches his work tile.Mounted many bugs associated to mild sources (e.g. lights caught on display screen, proven within the incorrect location, eliminated earlier than they need to be, and so forth).Mounted points with the golden walnut & Qi gem drop-down show:Added help for displaying each without delay (e.g. one other participant finds a golden walnut whilst you’re within the Qi gem store).Mounted show typically caught on display screen completely.Mounted show displaying the incorrect kind in some circumstances.Mounted show typically showing in multiplayer when the worth didn’t change.Mounted line wrapping for film concession description tooltips.Mounted visible glitch throughout the even-year Spirit’s Eve if in case you have the Joja movie show.Mounted challenge with padding on the sting of maximized recreation home windows on Home windows.Mounted a shirt that regarded bizarre.Mounted tooltip show points, like an empty area for edible gadgets that don’t get well any stamina/well being (like candy pea and crocus) or an unintended double area in tooltip buff names.Mounted lacking shadows behind some coloured gadgets (like wine) in menus.Mounted texture wrapping challenge with Joja door.Mounted glitched hidden emote animations in NPC profile menu in some circumstances. NPCs now use at all times their default sprite within the profile view.Mounted crimson slime merchandise sprite drawn one pixel decrease than different colours.Mounted lacking pixels in anvil sprite’s define.Mounted stray pixel in dried mushroom colour masks.Mounted Krobus displaying a present icon for the void ghost pendant when he can’t settle for it.Mounted the item-received message reducing off a part of the merchandise title if it comprises a # character (like ‘Tropical Fish #173′).Mounted the item-received message typically displaying no rely or a incorrect rely.Mounted some cattle having double shadows.Mounted stardrop tooltips displaying incorrect well being/power restoration quantities.Mounted timing of Easter egg in summit occasion.
Gamepad fixes
Mounted numerous points/crashes with gamepad help.When shopping for animals or buildings with a gamepad, now you can use the D-pad to maneuver the cursor.In the neighborhood middle bundle UI, utilizing gamepad triggers to maneuver to donation slots and again now returns you to the identical spot.Added a small delay earlier than you may cancel a waiting-for-players dialogue utilizing a gamepad, to stop by chance closing it instantly after urgent the OK button.Mounted gamepad points on the brand new recreation display screen.Mounted dresser tabs not selectable with a gamepad.
Modifications for modded gamers
Added a Content material/ContentHashes.json file containing the MD5 hash for each vanilla content material asset. This can be utilized by SMAPI and different instruments to detect corrupted or modified recreation recordsdata.Improved debug console instructions.Whenever you depart a horse/mount in a short lived location, it now returns dwelling when that location is eliminated.Mounted ‘Jewels Of The Sea’ guide producing roe for customized fishing catches that usually don’t have roe.Mounted forage crops exterior the farm being eliminated every week.Mounted meteorite, unusual capsule, and stone owl solely showing within the top-left 64×64 tile space on giant customized farm maps.Mounted pagination in powers tab when mods add extra powers.Mounted edge circumstances all through the sport code associated to gadgets whose stacks can’t be diminished to zero (e.g. instruments).Mounted numerous errors when customized gadgets haven’t any title.Mounted error when mods apply audio modifications if there’s no audio gadget out there.Mounted error if there are not any films out there because of a mod bug. The sport will now log a warning and select from the total checklist of flicks as an alternative.Mounted crash if a farm animal is in a damaged constructing or location.Mounted crash if a smoked fish’s unique fish knowledge now not exists. You now get a scrumptious smoked Error Merchandise as an alternative.Mounted crash when customized sounds loaded from a mod’s .ogg recordsdata are paused/resumed many occasions.Mounted map tilesheet crash in some circumstances when taking part in split-screen mode with mods.Mounted points when the sport’s whichFarm and whichModFarm fields are out of sync.Mounted ‘mild supply already exists’ and ‘altering web subject mum or dad’ warnings in some circumstances.Mounted mod knowledge getting reset on chest kind swap.Mounted berry bushes displaying incorrect sprite in places the place seeds will be planted in any season.Mounted stardrop reward response dialogue for customized NPCs defaulting to some uncooked knowledge as an alternative of their liked dialogue.Mounted in a position to enter the Adventurer’s Guild again room with out assembly the requirement if the door is open after a customized occasion.Mounted triggered actions being logged twice.
Modifications for mod authors
See the 1.6.9 mod creator migration information for brand spanking new APIs, dialogue keys, recreation state queries, debug instructions, map properties, C# constants/fields/strategies, knowledge fields, and plenty of different technical modifications.
Supply – [Stardew Valley compiled by Pathoschild]
